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Pages: 187. Chapters: Jimi Hendrix, Madonna (entertainer), Cher,
James Brown, Jared Leto, Kelly Clarkson, Ike Turner, Christina
Milian, Brian Wilson, Marvin Gaye, Maynard James Keenan, Usher
(entertainer), Alanis Morissette, Phil Spector, Jim Steinman, Moby,
Lenny Kravitz, Todd Rundgren, Ray Reach, Trent Reznor, Black
Francis, Timbaland, Andrew W.K.. Excerpt: James Marshall "Jimi"
Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942 - September
18, 1970) was an American musician and singer-songwriter. Despite a
limited mainstream exposure of four years, he is widely considered
to have been the greatest electric guitarist in the history of
popular music, and one of the most important musicians of the 20th
century. Influenced musically by American rock and roll and
electric blues, following initial success in Europe with his band
the Jimi Hendrix Experience, he achieved fame in the US after his
1967 performance at the Monterey Pop Festival. Later, he headlined
the Woodstock Festival in 1969, and the Isle of Wight Festival in
1970, before dying from drug-related asphyxia at the age of 27.
Instrumental in developing the previously undesirable technique of
guitar amplifier feedback, Hendrix favored overdriven amplifiers
with high volume, gain and treble. He helped to popularize the use
of the wah-wah pedal in mainstream rock, which he often used to
deliver tonal exaggerations in his solos. He also pioneered
experimentation with stereophonic phasing effects in rock music
recordings. The recipient of several prestigious rock music awards
during his lifetime and posthumously, the Jimi Hendrix Experience
was inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, and
the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. English Heritage erected a blue
plaque to identify his former residence on Brook Street, London, in
September 1997. Rolling Stone ranked his...